Relationship between life stress and the social withdrawal of the elderly
Keywords:
social withdrawal, life stress, elderlyAbstract
The study aimed to determine the relationship between life stresses and social withdrawal for the elderly and to try to reach indicators for the social worker as a general practitioner in social service for professional intervention to relieve life stress and reduce social withdrawal for the elderly. The study was applied to 91 elderly 66 males and 25 females in elderly care institutions in Helwan and EL- Maadi in Cairo. To that the greater the pressures, the greater the social withdrawal of the elderly and the access to indicators of the social specialist for professional intervention to reduce the life pressures of the elderly and reduce their social withdrawal. The findings of the research revealed that there is significant relation between social pressures, psychological stress, health stress and social withdrawal for the elderly.
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